Combined lamp filler



(No Model.)

A. P. W. SKNNER.

GOMBNED LAMP FILLER, LIGHTER, EXTINGUISHER, AND TORCH.

Patented Augf?, 1883.

No.v 282,578.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ANDREW P. W. SKINNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED LAMP FILLER, LIGHTER, EXTINGUISHER, AND TORCH.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,578, dated August'7, 1883.

Application led December 20. 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREWP. W. SKINNER,

Aof Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in a Combination LampFiller, Lighter, Extinguisher,' and Torch, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, that will enable others to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements on Letters Patent No. 259,645;and it consists `in combining with a tubular staff an oil-reservoirhaving the opening therein closed by a screw-cap vprovided -with allingspout and an adjustable lighting-tube, and by removing saidscrew-cap and the insertion of a large wick the apparatus is adapted tobe used as a torch.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of an apparatus embodying myimproved features, and Fig. 2 a modification ofthe same.

Referring t0 the drawings, A represents an oil-reservoir attached to thetubular staff or handle. This reservoirmay be secured to the tubularhandle in any suitable manner, and is provided with the screw-cap a,closing the opening therein. The removable cap ais perforated, andprovided with the curved iillingspout a and the adjustable wick-tube a?.The outer end of the filling-spout is closed by the cap a. The wick-tubea2 is constructed in two parts, and connected at a* by a telescopic 35joint,which admits of the same being turned upward, as indicated by thedotted lines in Fig. l of the drawings, or turned downward, as shown, sothat the tube may be conveniently inserted down the lamp-chimney and thelamp (No model.)

lighted without the necessity of having to re- 4o .move the chimney. Theoilreservoir and filling-spout admit of the lamps being readily filledwithout removing the same from the brackets. The lower end of thetubular han-` dle is enlarged to conform to the shape of the mouth,while the upper curved end is contracted to give more force to the airbeing blown through when extinguishing lights. The wrench b is adaptedto engage with and turn the thumb-screwof gas-fixtures.

Fig. 2 shows the apparatus changed into a torch-light, which isaccomplished by removing the screw-cap @,which takes with it the spout aand the adjustable lighting-tube a. Then insert the large wick D, .theneck or contracted end (l of the reservoir serving as a wick-tube. p

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

is- Y l. In an apparatus as described, the coinbination, with thetubular staff B, of the oilreservoir A, having the opening thereinclosed by the removable screw-,cap al, which is provided with the curvedfilling-'spout a and the wick-tube a2 and the enlarged auxiliarywicktube D, whereby the device is adapted to be used as a lamp filler,lighter, extinguisher, and torch, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the tubular staff 70 B, of the oil-reservoir A,the removable screwcap a, the filling-spout a', and the adjustable wickor lighting tube a2, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

i ANDREW P. V. SKINNER.

Vitnesses:

JOHN A. SEAMAN, L. M. FREEMAN.

